Everyone's asleep post Volo and forbidden Arceus

fuck you it's autistic infodumping time pokemon legends arceus spoilers under the cut

Volo is, for all intensive purposes, a complete idiot. Like. A TOTAL dumbass. A charming, manipulative dumbass, but a dumbass all the same.

Let's go over the easiest thing to point out first; If Arceus wasn't going to show up for the MC, its chosen hero, until they had "sought out all Pokémon", then it obviously wouldn't have shown up for this random blonde twink who decided that complete and utter global wide genocide was the solution to his problems. Even if he had won and gotten all of the plates and played the flute, Arceus would have taken one look at who was trying to summon it and went "wow okay, no." Why would God go "fuck, my literal child hero got defeated. guess i gotta bend to the will of this batshit insane dude with a shitty hairstyle and destroy everything i created." when it could just. Not do that.

Secondarily, by helping the MC in order to manipulate them into doing what he wanted later on, bro was basically giving them a loaded gun to use against him later. He's inadvertently the reason they managed to create the red chain, which eventually lead to them catching a literal God of their own. By the time he gets to the point where he betrays them, he has basically played a part in giving them access to 2 Gods and 3 Mythical, God-Like beings. Even if he wasn't expecting them to use them in the final fight, they'd still have the ability to whip them out whenever they so pleased. He might of had Giratina, but now they have access to two of Arceus's favored children *and* the lake guardians. Bro did not think that through.

Finally, and might I add, another obvious point; he. he could have just. not revealed his big plan to the MC prior to taking the plates? like. if he said "may I see the plates? I have an idea!" they probably would have handed them over. maybe not, but telling them that he was about to kill them and everyone that they loved before at least trying that was. not very smart. him being completely and utterly confident in his ability to defeat them as well despite the revelation of his true intentions was also not smart. he watched this kid blaze through the whole region, befriend gods, and tame gigantic beasts, and thought "no yeah my demon worm has this in the BAG." like ok sweetie. whatever you say.

tldr volo is a big dummy. also i haven't actually replayed the game in a while so maybe i got some things inconsistent but uhhh. yea.

You: Mistress Cogita, I need your advice on something.

Cogita: What is it dear lost one?

You: Lately I’ve been feeling off. My face gets hot, my heart pounds uncontrollably, and I keep stuttering.

You: I don’t know what’s wrong with me.

Cogita, smiling: Dear lost one, that’s called love.

You: oh…/////

Cogita: So who makes you feel this way lost one?

You: Volo.

Cogita: You should go see a doctor.

This probably won't ever happen in the Warden's twins AU, but I thought it was funny

Thought I'd try some edits (for myself and a friend)

Please do not request edits like these. They take a lot more spoons than I'd prefer to put in to this blog.

marketableplushieification

trainwreckshipping makes brain go brrr

“I chose to direct all my energy into my own natural curiosity and ambition. And what tickled my curiosity more strongly than anything were the mysteries to be found in legends, in history, in ruins...”

Merchant Volo fanart (not my artwork)

After Adaman x Melli... Volo x Adaman 😶

Your Legends Arceus Drawings are so amazing!!! I love your style! What would Volo look like in your style? Maybe him selling something to Adaman? I do wonder how the two first met.

Aaaa thank you for the kind words ;~; asks and comments like this make me so so happy-

I was planning on drawing him at some point but this motivated me to get it done sooner

I have something sketched out for him meeting the clan leaders actually, and I’ll post the other version of him when SOMEONE I know beats the game lol👀👀👀

volo again sorry

[id: volo in his merchant outfit smiling nonchalantly facing forwards. behind him warden ingo has his hands to his head and is freaking out, and further behind him is akari facing off against origin palkia who is warping the dimensions of spear pillar. the text is a screenshot of a tweet that says "my friend came over on shrooms to play smash so i took him to spear pillar with hazards on and when palkia flipped the screen he started screaming" end id.]

*shakes him like salt and pepper*

Crisis in Time Part 4

Meanwhile In A Dimension Outside of Spacetime

Hope you all enjoyed my little text adventure! Just a little something ing to entertain ya till Home and the DLC

You: I’m going to bed.

Volo: It’s noon?

You: Time isn’t real.

*Dialga huffing in defiance*

after about 12 hours of work, Volo charm is finally done! ✨

And of course it glows in the dark! (on both sides but i only took a photo of the cooler one). Everything (excluding most beads, except the pokeball one) is handmade and handpainted!

reblogs are verrrry appreciated!

IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS WELCOME HOME HUSBAND.......